Padauk
Padauk is a sans serif font in 2 weights. Its lowercase letters are 13% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Padauk
Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. MythosPDF recognises Padauk from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Padauk itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 451.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 586.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 369.1 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 486.3 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 26% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Padauk
Measured on every printable character both fonts contain. A smaller difference means the same words take the same space, so lines break in the same places.
- Epunda Sans Regularloosely similar widths (43.5 units)
- Yantramanav Regularloosely similar widths (43.7 units)
- Ancizar Sans Regularloosely similar widths (47.1 units)
- Averia Sans Libre Regularloosely similar widths (47.9 units)
- Athiti Regularloosely similar widths (48.8 units)
- Murecho Regularloosely similar widths (49.6 units)
- Libertinus Math Regularloosely similar widths (49.9 units)
- Comic Neue Regularloosely similar widths (50 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Padauk?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Padauk itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Padauk free to use?
Padauk is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, an open licence that allows free use in documents, including commercial ones. Check the licence text for your exact use.
+Which font is closest to Padauk?
By measured letter widths, Epunda Sans is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 43.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Padauk support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Myanmar.
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